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Sweetpotato Whitefly B Biotype, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Heather J. McAuslane and Hugh A. Smith


Release Date: 12/12/2018

Reviewed At: 4/10/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in286-2002

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-129, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2000. Revised July 2015. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. 

About the Authors

Heather J. McAuslane, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Hugh A. Smith, assistant professor, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

McAuslane, H. J. (1969). Sweetpotato Whitefly B Biotype of Silverleaf Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) or Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring (Insecta: Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). EDIS, 2002(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in286-2002

Authors

Heather McAuslane
Heather McAuslane
Specialist
University of Florida

associate dean, UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Live Sciences; professor of plant-insect interactions & chemical ecology, UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville FL

Hugh Smith
Hugh Smith
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, vegetable entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

Publication #EENY-129